# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License. See accompanying # file LICENSE.rst or https://cmake.org/licensing for details. #[=======================================================================[.rst: FindFLEX -------- Finds the Fast Lexical Analyzer (Flex) command-line generator and its library, and provides CMake commands to create custom build rules for using Flex: .. code-block:: cmake find_package(FLEX [] ...) Flex generates lexical analyzers, also known as *scanners* or *lexers*. It also includes a runtime library (``fl``) that supplies support functions for the generated scanners, such as input handling, buffer management, and error reporting. Result Variables ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This module defines the following variables: ``FLEX_FOUND`` Boolean indicating whether (the requested version of) Flex is found. ``FLEX_VERSION`` The version of Flex found. ``FLEX_INCLUDE_DIRS`` The include directories containing headers for using Flex library. ``FLEX_LIBRARIES`` The libraries needed to link against to use Flex library. Cache Variables ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The following cache variables may also be set: ``FLEX_EXECUTABLE`` The path to the ``flex`` executable. Commands ^^^^^^^^ This module provides the following commands if ``flex`` is found: Generating Scanners """"""""""""""""""" .. command:: flex_target Creates a custom build rule to generate a scanner file from a lex file using Flex: .. code-block:: cmake flex_target( [DEFINES_FILE
] [OPTIONS ...] [COMPILE_FLAGS ] # Deprecated ) .. versionchanged:: 3.17 When policy :policy:`CMP0098` is set to ``NEW``, ``flex`` runs in the :variable:`CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR` directory. ```` String used as an identifier for this command invocation. ```` The path to an input Flex source file (``.l``). If given as a relative path, it will be interpreted relative to the current source directory (:variable:`CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR`). ```` The path of the output file to be generated by Flex. If given as a relative path, it will be interpreted relative to the current Flex working directory. ``DEFINES_FILE
`` .. versionadded:: 3.5 If Flex is configured to output a header file, this option may be used to specify its name. If given as a relative path, it will be interpreted relative to the current Flex working directory. ``OPTIONS ...`` .. versionadded:: 4.0 A :ref:`semicolon-separated list ` of extra options added to the ``flex`` command line. ``COMPILE_FLAGS `` .. deprecated:: 4.0 Superseded by ``OPTIONS ...``. A string of space-separated extra options added to the ``flex`` command line. A :ref:`semicolon-separated list ` will not work. --------------------------------------------------------------------- This command also defines the following variables: ``FLEX__DEFINED`` Boolean indicating whether this command was successfully invoked. ``FLEX__INPUT`` The Flex source file, an alias for ````. ``FLEX__OUTPUT_HEADER`` .. versionadded:: 3.5 The header file generated by ``flex``, if any. ``FLEX__OUTPUTS`` A list of files generated by ``flex``, including the output scanner file, and the header file. ``FLEX__OPTIONS`` .. versionadded:: 4.0 A list of command-line options used for the ``flex`` command. Adding Dependency Between Scanner and Parser """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" .. command:: add_flex_bison_dependency Adds the required dependency between a scanner and a parser: .. code-block:: cmake add_flex_bison_dependency( ) Flex scanners often rely on token definitions generated by Bison, meaning the code produced by Flex depends on the header file created by Bison. This command adds the required dependency between a scanner and a parser where ```` and ```` are the first parameters of respectively ``flex_target( ...)`` and :command:`bison_target( ...)` commands. Examples ^^^^^^^^ Examples: Finding Flex """""""""""""""""""""" Finding Flex: .. code-block:: cmake find_package(FLEX) Finding Flex and specifying its minimum required version: .. code-block:: cmake find_package(FLEX 2.5.13) Finding Flex and making it required (if Flex is not found, processing stops with an error message): .. code-block:: cmake find_package(FLEX 2.5.13 REQUIRED) Example: Generating Scanner """"""""""""""""""""""""""" Finding Flex and generating scanner source file in the current binary directory from the lex source file in the current source directory: .. code-block:: cmake find_package(FLEX) if(FLEX_FOUND) flex_target(MyScanner lexer.l lexer.cpp) endif() add_executable(foo foo.cc ${FLEX_MyScanner_OUTPUTS}) Example: Command-line Options """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" Adding additional command-line options to the ``flex`` executable can be passed as a list. For example, adding the ``--warn`` option to report warnings, and the ``--noline`` (``-L``) to not generate ``#line`` directives. .. code-block:: cmake find_package(FLEX) if(FLEX_FOUND) flex_target(MyScanner lexer.l lexer.cpp OPTIONS --warn --noline) endif() :manual:`Generator expressions ` can be used in the ``OPTIONS ...`` argument. For example, to add the ``--debug`` (``-d``) option only for the ``Debug`` build type: .. code-block:: cmake find_package(FLEX) if(FLEX_FOUND) flex_target(MyScanner lexer.l lexer.cpp OPTIONS $<$:--debug>) endif() Example: Using Flex Library """"""""""""""""""""""""""" Finding Flex and creating an interface :ref:`imported target ` that encapsulates its library usage requirements for linking to a project target: .. code-block:: cmake find_package(FLEX) if(FLEX_FOUND AND NOT TARGET FLEX::fl) add_library(FLEX::fl INTERFACE IMPORTED) set_target_properties( FLEX::fl PROPERTIES INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${FLEX_INCLUDE_DIRS}" INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${FLEX_LIBRARIES}" ) endif() if(FLEX_FOUND) flex_target(MyScanner lexer.l lexer.cpp) endif() add_executable(Foo foo.cc ${FLEX_MyScanner_OUTPUTS}) target_link_libraries(Foo PRIVATE FLEX::fl) Example: Using Flex and Bison """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" The following example demonstrates, how to use Flex and :module:`Bison ` in CMake: .. code-block:: cmake find_package(BISON) find_package(FLEX) if(BISON_FOUND AND FLEX_FOUND) bison_target(MyParser parser.y parser.cpp) flex_target(MyScanner lexer.l lexer.cpp) add_flex_bison_dependency(MyScanner MyParser) endif() add_executable(Foo foo.cc ${BISON_MyParser_OUTPUTS} ${FLEX_MyScanner_OUTPUTS}) # ... See Also ^^^^^^^^ * The :module:`FindBISON` module to find Bison parser generator. #]=======================================================================] find_program(FLEX_EXECUTABLE NAMES flex win-flex win_flex DOC "path to the flex executable") mark_as_advanced(FLEX_EXECUTABLE) find_library(FL_LIBRARY NAMES fl DOC "Path to the fl library") find_path(FLEX_INCLUDE_DIR FlexLexer.h DOC "Path to the flex headers") mark_as_advanced(FL_LIBRARY FLEX_INCLUDE_DIR) set(FLEX_INCLUDE_DIRS ${FLEX_INCLUDE_DIR}) set(FLEX_LIBRARIES ${FL_LIBRARY}) if(FLEX_EXECUTABLE) execute_process(COMMAND ${FLEX_EXECUTABLE} --version OUTPUT_VARIABLE FLEX_version_output ERROR_VARIABLE FLEX_version_error RESULT_VARIABLE FLEX_version_result OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE) if(NOT ${FLEX_version_result} EQUAL 0) if(FLEX_FIND_REQUIRED) message(SEND_ERROR "Command \"${FLEX_EXECUTABLE} --version\" failed with output:\n${FLEX_version_output}\n${FLEX_version_error}") else() message("Command \"${FLEX_EXECUTABLE} --version\" failed with output:\n${FLEX_version_output}\n${FLEX_version_error}\nFLEX_VERSION will not be available") endif() else() # older versions of flex printed "/full/path/to/executable version X.Y" # newer versions use "basename(executable) X.Y" get_filename_component(FLEX_EXE_NAME_WE "${FLEX_EXECUTABLE}" NAME_WE) get_filename_component(FLEX_EXE_EXT "${FLEX_EXECUTABLE}" EXT) string(REGEX REPLACE "^.*${FLEX_EXE_NAME_WE}(${FLEX_EXE_EXT})?\"? (version )?([0-9]+[^ ]*)( .*)?$" "\\3" FLEX_VERSION "${FLEX_version_output}") unset(FLEX_EXE_EXT) unset(FLEX_EXE_NAME_WE) endif() #============================================================ # flex_target() public macro #============================================================ # macro(FLEX_TARGET Name Input Output) set(FLEX_TARGET_PARAM_OPTIONS) set(FLEX_TARGET_PARAM_ONE_VALUE_KEYWORDS COMPILE_FLAGS DEFINES_FILE ) set(FLEX_TARGET_PARAM_MULTI_VALUE_KEYWORDS OPTIONS) cmake_parse_arguments( FLEX_TARGET_ARG "${FLEX_TARGET_PARAM_OPTIONS}" "${FLEX_TARGET_PARAM_ONE_VALUE_KEYWORDS}" "${FLEX_TARGET_PARAM_MULTI_VALUE_KEYWORDS}" ${ARGN} ) string( JOIN "\n" FLEX_TARGET_usage "Usage:" " flex_target(" " " " " " " " [DEFINES_FILE
]" " [OPTIONS ...]" " [COMPILE_FLAGS ]" " )" ) if(NOT "${FLEX_TARGET_ARG_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS}" STREQUAL "") message( SEND_ERROR "Unrecognized arguments: ${FLEX_TARGET_ARG_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS}\n" "${FLEX_TARGET_usage}" ) else() cmake_policy(GET CMP0098 _flex_CMP0098 PARENT_SCOPE # undocumented, do not use outside of CMake ) set(_flex_INPUT "${Input}") if("x${_flex_CMP0098}x" STREQUAL "xNEWx") set(_flex_WORKING_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}") if(NOT IS_ABSOLUTE "${_flex_INPUT}") set(_flex_INPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${_flex_INPUT}") endif() else() set(_flex_WORKING_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}") endif() unset(_flex_CMP0098) set(_flex_OUTPUT "${Output}") if(NOT IS_ABSOLUTE ${_flex_OUTPUT}) set(_flex_OUTPUT "${_flex_WORKING_DIR}/${_flex_OUTPUT}") endif() set(_flex_TARGET_OUTPUTS "${_flex_OUTPUT}") set(_flex_EXE_OPTS "") if(NOT "${FLEX_TARGET_ARG_COMPILE_FLAGS}" STREQUAL "") set(_flex_EXE_OPTS "${FLEX_TARGET_ARG_COMPILE_FLAGS}") separate_arguments(_flex_EXE_OPTS) endif() if(FLEX_TARGET_ARG_OPTIONS) list(APPEND _flex_EXE_OPTS ${FLEX_TARGET_ARG_OPTIONS}) endif() set(_flex_OUTPUT_HEADER "") if(NOT "${FLEX_TARGET_ARG_DEFINES_FILE}" STREQUAL "") set(_flex_OUTPUT_HEADER "${FLEX_TARGET_ARG_DEFINES_FILE}") if(IS_ABSOLUTE "${_flex_OUTPUT_HEADER}") set(_flex_OUTPUT_HEADER_ABS "${_flex_OUTPUT_HEADER}") else() set(_flex_OUTPUT_HEADER_ABS "${_flex_WORKING_DIR}/${_flex_OUTPUT_HEADER}") endif() list(APPEND _flex_TARGET_OUTPUTS "${_flex_OUTPUT_HEADER_ABS}") list(APPEND _flex_EXE_OPTS --header-file=${_flex_OUTPUT_HEADER_ABS}) endif() # Flex cannot create output directories. Create any missing determined # directories where the files will be generated if they don't exist yet. set(_flex_MAKE_DIRECTORY_COMMAND "") foreach(output IN LISTS _flex_TARGET_OUTPUTS) cmake_path(GET output PARENT_PATH dir) if(dir) list(APPEND _flex_MAKE_DIRECTORY_COMMAND ${dir}) endif() unset(dir) endforeach() if(_flex_MAKE_DIRECTORY_COMMAND) list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES _flex_MAKE_DIRECTORY_COMMAND) list( PREPEND _flex_MAKE_DIRECTORY_COMMAND COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ) endif() get_filename_component(_flex_EXE_NAME_WE "${FLEX_EXECUTABLE}" NAME_WE) add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${_flex_TARGET_OUTPUTS} ${_flex_MAKE_DIRECTORY_COMMAND} COMMAND ${FLEX_EXECUTABLE} ${_flex_EXE_OPTS} -o${_flex_OUTPUT} ${_flex_INPUT} VERBATIM DEPENDS ${_flex_INPUT} COMMENT "[FLEX][${Name}] Building scanner with ${_flex_EXE_NAME_WE} ${FLEX_VERSION}" WORKING_DIRECTORY ${_flex_WORKING_DIR} COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS) set(FLEX_${Name}_DEFINED TRUE) set(FLEX_${Name}_OUTPUTS ${_flex_TARGET_OUTPUTS}) set(FLEX_${Name}_INPUT ${_flex_INPUT}) set(FLEX_${Name}_OPTIONS ${_flex_EXE_OPTS}) set(FLEX_${Name}_COMPILE_FLAGS ${_flex_EXE_OPTS}) set(FLEX_${Name}_OUTPUT_HEADER ${_flex_OUTPUT_HEADER}) unset(_flex_EXE_NAME_WE) unset(_flex_EXE_OPTS) unset(_flex_INPUT) unset(_flex_MAKE_DIRECTORY_COMMAND) unset(_flex_OUTPUT) unset(_flex_OUTPUT_HEADER) unset(_flex_OUTPUT_HEADER_ABS) unset(_flex_TARGET_OUTPUTS) unset(_flex_WORKING_DIR) endif() endmacro() #============================================================ #============================================================ # add_flex_bison_dependency() public macro #============================================================ # macro(ADD_FLEX_BISON_DEPENDENCY FlexTarget BisonTarget) if(NOT FLEX_${FlexTarget}_OUTPUTS) message(SEND_ERROR "Flex target `${FlexTarget}' does not exist.") endif() if(NOT BISON_${BisonTarget}_OUTPUT_HEADER) message(SEND_ERROR "Bison target `${BisonTarget}' does not exist.") endif() set_source_files_properties(${FLEX_${FlexTarget}_OUTPUTS} PROPERTIES OBJECT_DEPENDS ${BISON_${BisonTarget}_OUTPUT_HEADER}) endmacro() #============================================================ endif() include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs) find_package_handle_standard_args(FLEX REQUIRED_VARS FLEX_EXECUTABLE VERSION_VAR FLEX_VERSION)